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shimsewn Oakland, California
Starting in 1991, as Thread (later Threadbare), I crafted, cut up, manipulated, and restitched sounds of original and found provenance. In the mid-90s, I worked as seam pith, combining sound collage & dark ambient, leading to the noise/ambient hybrid project Nuisance Beacon. A Nuisance Beacon CD was released CIP in 2000. My current project encompasses and expands upon all of my previous work. ... more
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A stellar compilation featuring shoegaze and indie favorites like Drowse, Midwife, and Mount Eerie benefitting Project Onward in Chicago.
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Work of Progress & Etudes
by J.Lynch
J.Lynch (aka Thirty Pounds of Bone) plays with organic elements, including prepared piano, against electronics to impressionistic effect.
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From the always-great label Umor Rex comes the latest from Lina Filipovich: A ruthless deconstruction of classical pieces.
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Site Seeing
by Economy of Meaning
These two sprawling 20-minute electronic pieces offer both crackling, otherworldly textures and moments of surprising beauty.
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An introspective record that fuses post-rock, shoegaze and ambient synth patches into a seamless array of shimmering soundscapes.
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Written in response to the climate crisis, “Leviathan” is a brooding and beautifully unsettling batch of dark ambient songs.
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Purposely scaled-back electronic music, “Intruder” is all about the texture of a few pieces of gear playing off one another.
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